Customer Reviews
Excellent book - By: A. D. St John-bee, 27 Sep 2008 
I took this book on holiday with me & I feel a week by the pool is a perfect way to enjoy this book.
I really enjoyed the pace of this work. I felt it gave just the right amount of detail without dwelling on unimportant facts.
For me it was constantly enthralling. As a 23 year-old I certainly learnt a great deal. The detail is far greater than the BBC series that accompanied the book. My only doubt is whether had I lived through the times discussed I would have found it a little lightweight.
History at its best - By: J. Baldwin, 26 Sep 2008 I found this book a real pleasure to read. It is a penetrating & scholarly account of Britain's post-war history. It is brilliantly researched & beautifully written - the author has a good eye for the amusing bon mot - yet it dealsin a balanced & sensible way with the key developments & personalities of the post-war era. If a better book has been publishedin the past year, then I have not come across it.
A future school textbook - and useful now. - By: A. I. McCulloch, 29 Aug 2008 This book was updated for its paperback release & having read it carefully I suspect that many of the errors referred to by other reviewers were removed at that point. Having lived out of Britain for a sizeable chunk of my adult life, I found that I had much to learn from the pages - several large gapsin my knowledge were filled in.
I found it difficult to detect any signs of bias, & Andrew Marr's easy writing style made it a pleasure to read. This is almost as far removed from the dry history textbook that I wrestled with as a young student as it is possible to be. For anyone wanting a crash course on British modern history, this could not be bettered. Well researched & referenced, this deserves to become a standard.
I learnt all I should have at school - By: Peter Eustance, 26 Aug 2008 
If I hadn't been taught some trendy (in the 1970's) History O Level course I may have learned some modern history & have subsequently been on catch up since!
This is the most readable book I have read covering the post war period & having seen the TV programme the writers voice is audible. It's a must read for a holiday (preferably with understanding people who don't want to talk very much as being interrupted reading won't go down too well)
A Superficial History of Modern Britain. - By: P. W. Charnley, 12 Aug 2008 
Andrew Marr's book is, if not a totally one-way glass facade, then certainly a pretty smeared window upon society that is clearly influenced by the naive, PC stupidity of those many refer to as the 'chattering classes'. Shallow & childlike. The professional intelligentsia, & their private armchair & public media imitators, will surely love it.
